The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 3 READING - Thu Mar 29, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Thu Mar 29, 1928 (3:15 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-3 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: I Caswell
Attendance:: 2,572
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 8
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chelsea (League Tier 2)
Reading:: Nov 24, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1170 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 433 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1321 (of 5824)
Total:: 2172 (of 7629)
Played:: 98 years, 4 months, 25 days ago

FOREST
Manager: John Baynes
Prior form: WLLLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Cyril Stocks (55')
Alf Townsend (61')
Albert Harrison (65')
Alf Townsend (71')
Cyril Stocks (77')

READING
Manager: Angus Wylie
Prior form: WDWDWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Robson (32')
Jack Robson (89')
Bill Baggett (75')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Arthur Dexter
2	D	28	Bill Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	D	23	Billy McKinlay
5	M	24	Albert Harrison (65')
6	F	35	Bob Wallace
7	M	28	Sid Gibson
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks (55') (77')
9	F	31	Noah Burton
10	F	28	Charlie Jones
11	F	25	Alf Townsend (61') (71')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Duckworth
2	D	Bert Eggo
3	D	Billy 'Pat' McConnell
4	D	Bill Inglis
5	D	Alf Messer
6	M	Dai Gethin Evans
7	M	Harry Goodwin
8	M	Bill Baggett
9	M	Frank Richardson
10	F	Ted Braithwaite
11	F	Jack Robson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Thu Mar 29, 1928)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	5-3	Reading

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Chelsea	34	20	7	7	63	32	13	2	2	40	9	7	5	5	23	23	31	47	LWWWDL	Safe
	2	Leeds United	34	20	6	8	82	41	13	2	2	52	14	7	4	6	30	27	41	46	DWDWWW	Safe
	3	Manchester City	32	20	6	6	79	46	14	2	1	53	20	6	4	5	26	26	33	46	LDWDWW	Safe
	4	Preston North End	34	19	8	7	78	47	13	2	2	51	20	6	6	5	27	27	31	46	DDWLWW	Safe
	5	Stoke City	34	17	7	10	64	50	10	5	2	33	14	7	2	8	31	36	14	41	LWDDLW
	6	Oldham Athletic	33	17	6	10	64	39	13	3	1	48	15	4	3	9	16	24	25	40	WLWLLW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	9	11	79	61	9	5	3	47	25	5	4	8	32	36	18	37	WDLWWL
	8	Bristol City	35	14	7	14	68	67	10	3	4	37	16	4	4	10	31	51	1	35	WDLWLW
	9	Port Vale	33	15	4	14	58	51	10	4	3	38	15	5	0	11	20	36	7	34	LDWWDL
	10	Nottingham Forest	32	14	6	12	71	66	9	4	2	46	25	5	2	10	25	41	5	34	WLLLWL
	11	Swansea Town	33	13	8	12	62	58	11	4	2	39	13	2	4	10	23	45	4	34	DWWDDL
	12	Grimsby Town	35	12	10	13	53	67	7	5	5	33	31	5	5	8	20	36	-14	34	DLWLLW
	13	Hull City	33	10	12	11	37	41	8	5	3	22	15	2	7	8	15	26	-4	32	DLLLDW
	14	Reading	33	10	9	14	46	61	8	5	4	29	20	2	4	10	17	41	-15	29	WDWDWL
	15	Barnsley	34	10	8	16	55	76	8	4	5	38	30	2	4	11	17	46	-21	28	WDLLWL
	16	Clapton Orient	33	10	8	15	46	68	8	4	4	26	20	2	4	11	20	48	-22	28	LWDDLD
	17	Southampton	34	10	7	17	57	62	8	3	6	47	35	2	4	11	10	27	-5	27	WWLLLW
	18	Notts County	34	9	9	16	54	68	7	4	6	36	22	2	5	10	18	46	-14	27	LDLWLL
	19	Blackpool	35	10	7	18	68	88	8	3	7	44	42	2	4	11	24	46	-20	27	LDLWLW
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	10	7	16	55	80	9	3	4	36	26	1	4	12	19	54	-25	27	LDWDWW
	21	Fulham	34	10	5	19	62	80	10	5	2	42	20	0	0	17	20	60	-18	25	LWLWLL
	22	South Shields	34	5	6	23	45	97	4	4	9	26	36	1	2	14	19	61	-52	16	WDLLWL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Chelsea	34	20	7	7	63	32	13	2	2	40	9	7	5	5	23	23	31	47	LWWWDL	Safe
	2	Leeds United	34	20	6	8	82	41	13	2	2	52	14	7	4	6	30	27	41	46	DWDWWW	Safe
	3	Manchester City	32	20	6	6	79	46	14	2	1	53	20	6	4	5	26	26	33	46	LDWDWW	Safe
	4	Preston North End	34	19	8	7	78	47	13	2	2	51	20	6	6	5	27	27	31	46	DDWLWW	Safe
	5	Stoke City	34	17	7	10	64	50	10	5	2	33	14	7	2	8	31	36	14	41	LWDDLW
	6	Oldham Athletic	33	17	6	10	64	39	13	3	1	48	15	4	3	9	16	24	25	40	WLWLLW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	9	11	79	61	9	5	3	47	25	5	4	8	32	36	18	37	WDLWWL
2	8	Nottingham Forest	33	15	6	12	76	69	10	4	2	51	28	5	2	10	25	41	7	36	LLLWLW		5-3
1	9	Bristol City	35	14	7	14	68	67	10	3	4	37	16	4	4	10	31	51	1	35	WDLWLW
1	10	Port Vale	33	15	4	14	58	51	10	4	3	38	15	5	0	11	20	36	7	34	LDWWDL
	11	Swansea Town	33	13	8	12	62	58	11	4	2	39	13	2	4	10	23	45	4	34	DWWDDL
	12	Grimsby Town	35	12	10	13	53	67	7	5	5	33	31	5	5	8	20	36	-14	34	DLWLLW
	13	Hull City	33	10	12	11	37	41	8	5	3	22	15	2	7	8	15	26	-4	32	DLLLDW
	14	Reading	34	10	9	15	49	66	8	5	4	29	20	2	4	11	20	46	-17	29	DWDWLL		3-5
	15	Barnsley	34	10	8	16	55	76	8	4	5	38	30	2	4	11	17	46	-21	28	WDLLWL
	16	Clapton Orient	33	10	8	15	46	68	8	4	4	26	20	2	4	11	20	48	-22	28	LWDDLD
	17	Southampton	34	10	7	17	57	62	8	3	6	47	35	2	4	11	10	27	-5	27	WWLLLW
	18	Notts County	34	9	9	16	54	68	7	4	6	36	22	2	5	10	18	46	-14	27	LDLWLL
	19	Blackpool	35	10	7	18	68	88	8	3	7	44	42	2	4	11	24	46	-20	27	LDLWLW
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	10	7	16	55	80	9	3	4	36	26	1	4	12	19	54	-25	27	LDWDWW
	21	Fulham	34	10	5	19	62	80	10	5	2	42	20	0	0	17	20	60	-18	25	LWLWLL
	22	South Shields	34	5	6	23	45	97	4	4	9	26	36	1	2	14	19	61	-52	16	WDLLWL